diff --git a/client/driver/executor/checks_test.go b/client/driver/executor/checks_test.go
index 2449c74bb..fd15476cf 100644
--- a/client/driver/executor/checks_test.go
+++ b/client/driver/executor/checks_test.go
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ func TestExecScriptCheckWithIsolation(t *testing.T) {
 		id:          "foo",
 		cmd:         "/bin/echo",
 		args:        []string{"hello", "world"},
-		taskDir:     "/tmp",
+		taskDir:     ctx.AllocDir.TaskDirs["web"],
 		FSIsolation: true,
 	}
 
diff --git a/client/driver/executor/executor_posix.go b/client/driver/executor/executor_posix.go
index 4be468b2c..07c688084 100644
--- a/client/driver/executor/executor_posix.go
+++ b/client/driver/executor/executor_posix.go
@@ -12,6 +12,12 @@ import (
 
 func (e *UniversalExecutor) LaunchSyslogServer(ctx *ExecutorContext) (*SyslogServerState, error) {
 	e.ctx = ctx
+
+	// configuring the task dir
+	if err := e.configureTaskDir(); err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
 	e.syslogChan = make(chan *logging.SyslogMessage, 2048)
 	l, err := e.getListener(e.ctx.PortLowerBound, e.ctx.PortUpperBound)
 	if err != nil {